National Children’s Dental Health Month 2019
Community Events
Sixth District
Orthodontic assistant Barbara Walker
and Dr. Albert Stush, Jr.
Central Susquehanna Valley
Dr. Albert Stush, Jr. and his staff visited
Meadowbrook School to speak to children
ranging from Pre-K through fifth grade.
They showed dental videos and played
games with the children. They taught them
the importance of flossing using egg crates
as teeth. The students put Play-Doh in
between the pretend teeth and learned
how to floss in between. Dr. Stush and staff
played “Speak Out” with older children.
They had to guess what each other was
saying with the lip retractors in.
“We had lots of laughs. We handed out
tooth brushes and floss to all the students,
and other goodies as well. We spoke to
225 children in all,” said Barbara Walker,
orthodontic assistant. “Thank you to the
PDA for promoting NCDHM. We appreciate
your efforts in promoting healthy smiles
for a life time.”
Tenth District
Dr. Stephanie Kobil and her staff in Butler
worked with the Butler County Humane
Society to promote proper dental hygiene
for both children and pets. This combination
was both fun and educational for their
patients. For the entire month of February,
they collected donations and matched any
monetary donations collected for the
humane society. In addition, they had
pictures of different animals and their teeth
and jaws placed all along the hallway of the
office. Dr. Kobil even did a demonstration
of cleaning a dog’s teeth. Since the last week
in February was Dr. Seuss week, Dr. Kobil
read Dr. Seuss’ “The Tooth Book” during
her visit to a local Butler elementary school
(Northwest Elementary School).
Dr. Stephanie Kobil and her staff collected donations throughout February.
Thank You for Volunteering
PDA would like to thank our member dentists for the continued success of the promotion of NCDHM.
From promoting awareness to children and families in their local communities to sponsoring events and activities,
the efforts of our members are valuable and appreciated. A special thank you goes to PDA’s statewide NCDHM
Chair, Dr. Samer Mansour for his continued support and enthusiasm for endorsing NCDHM.
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